"Richard Ryan Short" is a former Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He retired in after playing for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific League/Japanese Pacific League for four seasons. He bats and throws right-handed. He is an alumnus of Western Illinois University and Larkin High School in Elgin, IL.

Short was Major League Baseball Draft/drafted in by the Baltimore Orioles in the 33rd round. He played eleven seasons in the minors and one in Japan before playing his first game in the major leagues. While having an impressive offensive season for the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs, Short was called up to the big leagues by the Washington Nationals after twelve years in the minors and made his Major League Baseball debut on June 10, , collecting a Pinch hitter/pinch hit Run batted in/RBI in his first major league at-bat. Rick's big league hit, after so many minor league at bats and seasons, became a national story.

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The jitters weren't there. Whenever a September call-up gets in there, you try to do something to win a game, make an impact, leave an impression on somebody, and that's all you can do.

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[EXTRA BASES:@ RHP Ryan Drese probably will have shoulder surgery Sept. 12 or 13, team doctor Bruce Thomas said. Drese could be sidelined three months, Thomas said, or as long as into early next season, depending on how badly torn his labrum is. ... RHP Esteban Loaiza will start Sunday against Philadelphia on short rest, with RHP Livan Hernandez pitching Monday's series opener against Florida. ...

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I hadn't realized it.

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It's kind of bad timing because I was getting a chance to play, ... But I guess in another way it's great timing because there's only eight games left and I can get ready for spring training. It's better it happened now than in April and lose the whole season.

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I realize the opportunities are probably going to be limited, so I've got to make an impact when I can. When you have a season like that I think everyone has confidence. They know I can hit.

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I don't have any family or friends or anybody down there. But just seeing the pictures, and seeing a restaurant or someplace you went to get a drink or something, it's tough.

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I hadn't played in nine days and I was a little concerned about the timing and getting some at-bats, ... But after the first at-bat the jitters went away and I just played like I always have.

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